Crash Course Chemistry

  • Premiered: Feb 2013
  • Episodes: 46
  • Followers: 6
  • Ended
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  • Monday at 17
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Season 1
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The Nucleus
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Feb 11, 2013
Hank does his best to convince us that chemistry is not torture, but is instead the amazing and beautiful science of stuff. Chemistry can tell us how three tiny particles - the proton, .. show full overview
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Unit Conversion & Significant Figures
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Feb 18, 2013
A unit is the frequently arbitrary designation we have given to something to convey a definite magnitude of a physical quantity and every quantity can be expressed in terms of the seven .. show full overview
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The Creation of Chemistry - The Fundamental Laws
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Feb 25, 2013
Today's Crash Course Chemistry takes a historical perspective on the creation of the science, which didn't really exist until a super-smart, super-wealthy Frenchman put the puzzle pieces .. show full overview
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The Periodic Table
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Mar 04, 2013
Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, .. show full overview
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The Electron
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Mar 12, 2013
Hank brings us the story of the electron and describes how reality is a kind of music, discussing electron shells and orbitals, electron configurations, ionization and electron .. show full overview
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Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures
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Mar 18, 2013
Chemists need stoichiometry to make the scale of chemistry more understandable - Hank is here to explain why, and to teach us how to use it.
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Water and Solutions -- for Dirty Laundry
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Mar 25, 2013
Dihydrogen monoxide (better know as water) is the key to nearly everything. It falls from the sky, makes up 60% of our bodies, and just about every chemical process related to life takes .. show full overview
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Acid-Base Reactions in Solution
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Apr 08, 2013
Last week, Hank talked about how stuff mixes together in solutions. Today, and for the next few weeks, he will talk about the actual reactions happening in those solutions - atoms .. show full overview
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Precipitation Reactions
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Apr 15, 2013
A lot of ionic compounds dissolve in water, dissociating into individual ions. But when two ions find each other that form an insoluble compound, they suddenly fall out of solution in .. show full overview
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Redox Reactions
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Apr 22, 2013
All the magic that we know is in the transfer of electrons. Reduction (the loss of electrons) and oxidation (gaining electrons) combine to form Redox Chemistry, which contains the .. show full overview
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How To Speak Chemistrian
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Apr 30, 2013
Learning to talk about chemistry can be like learning a foreign language, but Hank is here to help with some straightforward and simple rules to help you learn to speak Chemistrian like a native.
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The Ideal Gas Law
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May 07, 2013
Gases are everywhere, and this is good news and bad news for chemists. The good news: when they are behaving themselves, it's extremely easy to describe their behavior theoretically, .. show full overview
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Ideal Gas Problems
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May 13, 2013
We don't live in a perfect world, and neither do gases - it would be great if their particles always fulfilled the assumptions of the ideal gas law, and we could use PV=nRT to get the .. show full overview
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Real Gases
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May 20, 2013
Hank bursts our ideal gas law bubble, er, balloon, and brings us back to reality, explaining how the constants in the gas law aren't all that constant; how the ideal gas law we've spent .. show full overview
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Partial Pressures & Vapor Pressure
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May 28, 2013
This week we continue to spend quality time with gases, more deeply investigating some principles regarding pressure - including John Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, vapor pressure - and demonstrating the method for collecting gas over water.
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Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion and the Velocity of a Gas
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Jun 03, 2013
We have learned over the past few weeks that gases have real-life constraints on how they move here in the non-ideal world. As with most things in chemistry (and also in life) how a gas .. show full overview
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Energy & Chemistry
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Jun 10, 2013
Grumpy Professor Hank admits to being wrong about how everything is chemicals. But he now wants you to listen as he blows your mind with a new sweeping statement: everything (yes, really .. show full overview
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Enthalpy
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Jun 17, 2013
Energy is like the bestest best friend ever and yet, most of the time we take it for granted. Hank feels bad for our friend and wants us to learn more about it so that we can understand .. show full overview
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Calorimetry
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Jun 24, 2013
Today's episode dives into the HOW of enthalpy. How we calculate it, and how we determine it experimentally...even if our determinations here at Crash Course Chemistry are somewhat shoddy.
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Entropy: Embrace the Chaos!
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Jul 01, 2013
Life is chaos and the universe tends toward disorder. But why? If you think about it, there are only a few ways for things to be arranged in an organized manner, but there are nearly .. show full overview
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Lab Techniques & Safety
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Jul 08, 2013
Hank takes a break from the desk to bring you to the lab in order to demonstrate some important points about the practical side of chemistry - experimentation in the laboratory. You'll .. show full overview
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Atomic Hook-Ups - Types of Chemical Bonds
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Jul 16, 2013
Atoms are a lot like us - we call their relationships "bonds," and there are many different types. Each kind of atomic relationship requires a different type of energy, but they all do .. show full overview
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Polar & Non-Polar Molecules
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Jul 23, 2013
Molecules come in infinite varieties, so in order to help the complicated chemical world make a little more sense, we classify and categorize them. One of the most important of those .. show full overview
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Bonding Models and Lewis Structures
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Jul 30, 2013
Models are great, except they're also usually inaccurate. In this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank discusses why we need models in the world and how we can learn from them... even when they're almost completely wrong. Plus, Lewis Structures!
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Orbitals
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Aug 05, 2013
In this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank discusses what Molecules actually look like and why, some quantum-mechanical three dimensional wave functions are explored, he touches on hybridization, and delves into sigma and pi bonds.
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Liquids
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Aug 13, 2013
In this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank gives you the low down on things like London Dispersion Forces, Hydrogen Bonds, Cohesion, Adhesion, Viscosity, Capillary Action, Surface Tension, and why liquids are just... WEIRD!
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Solutions
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Aug 19, 2013
This week, Hank elaborates on why Fugu can kill you by illustrating the ideas of solutions and discussing molarity, molality, and mass percent. Also, why polar solvents dissolve polar .. show full overview
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Equilibrium
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Aug 26, 2013
In this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank goes over the ideas of keeping your life balance... well, your chemical life. Equilibrium is all about balance and today Hank discusses .. show full overview
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Equilibrium Equations
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Sep 03, 2013
In which Hank shows you that, while it may seem like the Universe is messing with us, equilibrium isn't a cosmic trick. Here, he shows you how to calculate equilibrium constant & .. show full overview
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pH and pOH
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Sep 09, 2013
In this episode, Hank goes over Reversible Reactions, the water dissociation constant, what pH and pOH actually mean, Acids, Bases, and Neutral Substances as well as the .. show full overview
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Buffers, the Acid Rain Slayer
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Sep 16, 2013
In this episode, Hank talks about how nutty our world is via Buffers! He defines buffers and their compositions, talks about carbonate buffering systems in nature, acid rain, pH of .. show full overview
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Kinetics: Chemistry's Demolition Derby
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Sep 24, 2013
Have you ever been to a Demolition Derby? Then you have an idea of how molecular collisions happen. In this episode, Hank talks about collisions between molecules and atoms, activation .. show full overview
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Doing Solids
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Oct 07, 2013
In which Hank blows our minds with the different kinds of Solids out there and talks about why they're all different and have different properties. Today, you'll learn about amorphous .. show full overview
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Network Solids and Carbon
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Oct 14, 2013
In this episode, Hank talks about Network solids and Carbon and how you can actually create a Diamond from plain old Carbon... well, YOU probably can't unless you own a bunch of .. show full overview
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Silicon - The Internet's Favorite Element
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Oct 21, 2013
In this episode, we talk about Silicon Valley's namesake and how network solids are at the heart of it all. Hank also discusses Solid-State Semiconductors, N-Type and P-Type .. show full overview
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Electrochemistry
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Oct 29, 2013
Chemistry raised to the power of AWESOME! That's what Hank is talking about today with Electrochemistry. Contained within, Hank discusses electrochemical reactions, half reactions, how .. show full overview
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The History of Atomic Chemistry
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Nov 04, 2013
How did we get here? Well, in terms of Atomic Chemistry, Hank takes us on a tour of the folks that were part of the long chain of other folks who helped us get to these deeper .. show full overview
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Nuclear Chemistry
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Nov 11, 2013
In this episode, Hank welcomes you to the new age, to the new age, welcome to the new age. Here he'll talk about transmutation among elements, isotopes, calculating half-life, radioactive decay, and spontaneous fission.
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Nuclear Chemistry Part 2: Fusion and Fission
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Nov 19, 2013
Continuing our look at Nuclear Chemistry, Hank takes this episode to talk about Fusion and Fission. What they mean, how they work, their positives, negatives, and dangers. Plus, E=mc2, .. show full overview
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Hydrocarbon Power!
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Nov 25, 2013
In which Hank introduces us to the world of Organic Chemistry and, more specifically, the power of hydrocarbon. He talks about the classifications of organic compounds, the structures & .. show full overview
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Alkenes & Alkynes
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Dec 09, 2013
Today Hank talks about the deliciousness of alkenes & alkynes, their structures, and how to remember which is which by simply knowing the alphabet. Also, he breaks down hydrogenation, .. show full overview
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Aromatics and Cyclic Compounds
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Dec 16, 2013
What's that smell? Smell's like Organic Chemistry! This week Hank talks about Aromatics and Cyclic Compounds and naming their substituents, resonance as well as common reactions & uses.
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Hydrocarbon Derivatives
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Dec 23, 2013
Functional groups? Functional groups within functional groups? Hank takes today's Crash Course video to discuss some confusing ideas about Hydrocarbon Derivatives, but then makes it all make more sense.
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Nomenclature
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Dec 30, 2013
Ever feel like there's a international team of bad guys changing all of the easily remembered chemical names and turning them into test-failing, number-infused, pain in the neck names? .. show full overview
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Polymers
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Jan 06, 2014
Did you know that Polymers save the lives of Elephants? Well, now you do! The world of Polymers is so amazingly integrated into our daily lives that we sometimes forget how amazing they .. show full overview
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The Global Carbon Cycle
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Jan 13, 2014
In this final episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank takes us on a tour of the The Global Carbon Cycle and how it all works. From Carbon Fixation to Redox Reactions, it's all contained within!

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